Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 3, sentence 32
After the battle the Sassen recognized the fact that to their leader, Hatebolt, they owed the victory; and to prove their gratitude they offered to build him a castle on the north borders of the Harz, in any spot he might choose.
Who acts: Sassen, Stones · What happens: recognize, owe, prove, offer, build, choose · To what, where: fact, victory, leader, gratitude, castle, Sassen
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sassen, Stones), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 battle | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 battle | det |
| 3 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 recognized | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Sassen | det |
| 5 | Sassen | Sassen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 recognized | nsubj |
| 6 | recognized | recognize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fact | det |
| 8 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 recognized | obj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 owed | mark |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 leader | case |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 leader | nmod:poss |
| 12 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 owed | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Hatebolt | punct |
| 14 | Hatebolt | Hatebolt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 leader | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 leader | punct |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 owed | nsubj |
| 17 | owed | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fact | acl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 victory | det |
| 19 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 owed | obj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 prove | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 prove | cc |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 prove | mark |
| 23 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 recognized | advcl |
| 24 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 gratitude | nmod:poss |
| 25 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 prove | obj |
| 26 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 offered | nsubj |
| 27 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 gratitude | acl:relcl |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 build | mark |
| 29 | build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 offered | xcomp |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 build | obj |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 castle | det |
| 32 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 build | obj |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 borders | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 borders | det |
| 35 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 borders | compound |
| 36 | borders | border | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 build | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Harz | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Harz | det |
| 39 | Harz | Harz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 borders | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 spot | punct |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 spot | case |
| 42 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 43 spot | det |
| 43 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 prove | ccomp |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 choose | nsubj |
| 45 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 choose | aux |
| 46 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 spot | acl:relcl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 recognized | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recognize | past | the Sassen | the fact | after the battle | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fact=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | owe | past | Stones = stone | the victory | to Stones's leader goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent victory=Theme to leader=Goal | |||
| 3 | prove | to-infinitive | the Sassen not said here | Stones's gratitude | any spot ccomp | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme | |||
| 4 | offer | past | Stones = stone | Stones's gratitude not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | build not said to happen | to-infinitive | Stones = stone not said here | a castle | Sassen | the north borders of the Harz | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary castle=Product | ||
| 6 | choose | might | Sassen | any spot not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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